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www.FlavaLife.com Black & Latino Gay Travel & Entertainment Guide Sept/Oct 2005 Vol. 1 Issue 1 OUR PREMIERE ISSUE Puerto Rico Pride Hottest Black & Latin Clubs Black Pride Guide U.S. $4.95 • Canada $5.95 Cities and Maps Arizona Phoenix ........................................................ 8 California Los Angeles ................................................. 9 San Francisco .............................................. 12 San Diego .................................................... 13 Colorado Denver ......................................................... 16 District of Columbia Washington, D.C. ........................................ 17 Florida Fort Lauderdale ........................................... 19 Miami ........................................................... 22 Georgia Atlanta ......................................................... 25 Illinois Chicago ........................................................ 29 Indiana Indianapolis ................................................. 31 The beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico Louisiana Features New Orleans ............................................... 32 Black Prides: Does Green Know the Difference Between Black & White? Maryland by Jasmyne Cannick ....................................... 4 Baltimore ..................................................... 32 Black Prides & Events .................................... 5 Michigan Detroit .......................................................... 33 On The Scene ................................................. 6 Devin & Baby Boy Photshoot ....................... 48 Minnesota Minneapolis ................................................ 33 Shorty J Photoshoot ...................................... 52 Krave Photoshoot .......................................... 54 Mississippi Jackson ........................................................ 33 Bookshelf by Rod Mac ................................... 56 Models/Escorts/Dancers ................................ 58 Missouri St Louis ........................................................ 34 New York CREW New York City .............................................. 36 Publisher - Flava Works, Inc North Carolina Editor-in-Chief - Dekenric Wiley Charlotte ...................................................... 40 Associate Editor - Jeremy Easley Winston-Salem ........................................... 40 Contributors - Rod Mac, Frank Leon Roberts, Ohio Robby Jones, Jasmyne Cannick Cleveland ..................................................... 41 Art Director - Dan Nelson Columbus .................................................... 41 Rhode Island CONTACT US Providence ................................................... 41 Editorial Offices - 933 W. 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I think quite a few companies would benefit from marketing me and others like me. by Jasmyne Cannick much more to the Black gay community than HIV/AIDS prevention. We dine out, read the So while, the Miami Herald probably boosted The Miami Herald re- newspaper, watch television, travel, buy clothes, the incoming sponsorship dollars for the 10 cently ran an article and are included in the overall contributions of prides it listed in its article, it did a disservice entitled “Gay Pride Cel- African-Americans to the U.S. economy. to people of color gay prides across the nation ebrations: the Nation’s and further fed into corporate America’s notion Top 10 Festivals are Di- In addition, it’s not just at the corporate level that gay is white. verse and Delightful.” that companies do not sponsor Black gay pride At 27, Jasmyne Cannick is a member of the National Asso- Unfortunately there celebrations. Many elected officials shun off ciation of Black Journalists, a board member of the National was nothing diverse or Black pride celebrations to their health deputy’s Black Justice Coalition, a Black gay civil rights organization delightful in its choices. (HIV/AIDS) instead of to their city’s cultural af- and co-producer of the new cable series Noah’s Arc, Amer- ica’s first Black gay series. A Los Angeles native, Jasmyne Topping the list of most fairs office where these celebrations should be is a public relations and communications strategist who is festive gay pride cele- getting support from as well. Like Black film pursuing her long-term interest in public policy and political brations were New York festivals that highlight Blacks in the filmmak- activism. City, San Francisco and ing business, Black gay pride celebrations are Long Beach, California. However, their equally cultural events that celebrate the uniqueness of popular and festive counterparts were nowhere being Black and gay, to be found on the list. So that should open up a plethora of sponsor- As Black gay pride organizers scramble to pro- ship opportunities for Black gay prides, not vide comprehensive cultural celebrations for only from the companies listed above but from their thousands of anticipated guests this year, Viacom who owns Black Entertainment Televi- BLACK the Herald’s top ten list was a slap in the face, sion, TVOne, RadioOne, Ebony, JET, ESSENCE, and further feeds into the notion that gay and Walmart, Target, NAACP, Urban League, music now gay pride is white. labels, and other businesses that thrive off of Black dollars. The International Federation of Black Prides is home to 25 Black gay pride celebrations, includ- With new networks HERE and LOGO targeting ing Toronto and South Africa. These cultural gay viewers, they too could benefit from mar- PRIDES celebrations are flocked to each year by thou- keting to Black gays at pride celebrations. With- sands of Black same-gender loving persons are out the support of the Black gay prides last year, all over the country, some with a cult following. LOGO’s Noah’s Arc, America’s first Black gay The three largest and highly attended celebra- television series debuting in September, would